Images: Poteau Students Clean Up Parks

The Poteau Chapter of Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) are out in full force cleaning up local parks. Smoking among teens has become a nationwide problem that the SWAT team is trying to eliminate in Poteau. The group is collecting all kinds of litter, but is separating the tobacco litter in a plastic bin. They are going to bring it to the upcoming City Council meeting in hopes of creating a law against smoking in parks in Oklahoma.

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